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Grade |Average staff in|Salary and ERNIC|Superannuation |Total cost
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3 |0.50 |32,764 |5,013 |37,777
4 |0.50 |26,154 |4,002 |30,166
5 |4.50 |198,010 |30,448 |229,458
6 |5.50 |201,695 |30,859 |232,554
7 |68.13 |2,074,837 |317,465 |2,392,402
SSO |130.63 |3,080,975 |472,919 |3,563,895
HSO |130.00 |2,501,102 |382,889 |2,883,771
SO |107.63 |1,604,119 |250,884 |1,855,002
ASO |52.38 |580,094 |80,727 |670,821
SEO |0.25 |5,981 |935 |6,916
HEO |0.75 |12,642 |1,977 |14,819
EO |8.13 |105,338 |16,475 |121,812
AO |13.13 |144,822 |22,650 |167,473
AA |13.50 |181,178 |28,338 |209,515
SPS |0.75 |12,012 |1,879 |13,881
PS |12.00 |156,965 |24,549 |181,514
TYP |17.25 |209,327 |32,739 |242,066
SGB2 |20.50 |172,027 |26,905 |198,932
SGB1 |1.75 |17,968 |2,810 |20,778
PTO |4.25 |61,560 |9,628 |71,188
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Total |598.00 |11,390,669 |1,753,870 |13,144,539
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Grade |Average staff in|Salary and ERNIC|Superannuation |Total costs
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3 |1.00 |67,625 |8,216 |75,841
5 |5.00 |227,123 |27,595 |254,718
6 |5.00 |190,961 |23,202 |214,163
7 |64.25 |2,054,776 |249,655 |2,304,431
SSO |125.50 |3,234,274 |392,964 |3,527,238
HSO |143.88 |2,737,941 |992,660 |3,070,801
SO |110.13 |1,715,343 |268,230 |1,983,623
ASO |45.50 |535,810 |83,801 |619,810
SEO |1.00 |25,120 |3,929 |29,049
HEO |1.25 |22,124 |3,460 |25,584
EO |10.50 |142,934 |22,355 |165,289
AO |18.88 |160,752 |25,142 |185,894
AA |19.75 |192,676 |30,135 |222,811
SPS |1.00 |16,817 |2,680 |19,447
PS |16.75 |214,253 |33,609 |247,762
TYP |17.60 |222,979 |34,874 |257,853
SGB2 |19.63 |232,933 |36,431 |269,384
SGB1 |1.00 |12,088 |1,891 |13,978
TG1 |2.50 |136,122 |21,289 |157,411
PTO |4.50 |68,442 |10,704 |79,146
|------- |------- |------- |-------
Total |607 |12,211,092 |1,612,722 |18,828,813
Letters from Mr. J. E. Hayzeldean to Mr. Martin Redmond, dated 30 October 1992 :
FACT FINDING VISITS
The Home Secretary has asked me to write to you in response to your Parliamentary Question about fact-finding visits by me in my capacity as chief executive of the United Kingdom Passport Agency. In the last 12 months, I have visited all the regional Passport Offices in Belfast, Glasgow, Liverpool, London, Newport and Peterborough. In addition I have visited other towns and cities in the UK to meet suppliers and other organisations with which the Passport Agency has dealings. The findings from these visits have been fed into the Passport Agency's corporate and business plans. PUBLICATIONS
The Home Secretary has asked me to write to you in response to your Parliamentary Question about publications by the UK Passport Agency in the last 12 months. Apart from the normal passport application forms and guidance notes, we have published the following : Corporate plan 1992-95
Business plan 1992-93
Summary of targets and plans
Publicity leaflet (Beat the Rush).
We hope shortly to be publishing our Annual Report and Accounts for 1991- 92.
Letter from J. Hayzeldean to Mr. Martin Redmond, dated 3 November 1992 :
Staff Costs The Home Secretary has asked me to write to you in response to your Parliamentary Question about staff costs in the United Kingdom Passport Agency. I have set out below, as requested, our staff numbers by grade, their cost for 1991-92 and the comparable estimated figures for 1992 -93. For 1991-92, the table shows average staff numbers in permanent posts. For 1992-93, the table shows the current complement of permanent posts.
|1991-92|1992-93
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Grade 5 |1.0 |1.0
Grade 6 |3.0 |3.0
Grade 7 |10.0 |10.0
Senior Executive Officer |13.0 |15.0
Higher Executive Officer |45.0 |47.0
Executive Officer |158.0 |156.0
Administrative Officer |641.0 |631.0
Administrative Assistant |272.5 |337.0
Personal Secretary |4.0 |4.0
Typing Manager |2.0 |2.0
Typist |21.0 |22.0
Telex Operator |2.0 |0.0
Support Grade Band I |18.0 |19.0
Support Grade Band II |59.0 |68.0
Support Manager III |1.0 |1.0
|---- |----
Total |1,250.5|1,316.0
The costs of employing these staff in 1991-92
amounted to £13,853,000 (salaries plus employers
national insurance contributions). The costs of
employing seasonal staff and overtime working
amounted to a further £2,256,000.
The costs of employing staff in 1992-93 is
expected to amount to £15,450,000 (salaries and
ERNIC). The costs of employing seasonal staff
and overtime working in 1992-93 is expected to
amount to a further £3,087,000.
PRIME MINISTER
Sir Peter Kemp
Mr. Mackinlay : To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to his answer of 23 October, Official Report, columns 389, what redundancy payments were paid to Sir Peter Kemp following his early retirement.
The Prime Minister : None. As I said in my earlier answers on 23 October, at columns 388-89, Sir Peter received immediate payments of pension and lump sum due on retirement, six months salary in lieu of notice and a compensation payment.
Mr. Mackinlay : To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to his answer of 23 October, Official Report, columns 388-89, if he will make a statement on the time and resources given to exploring opportunities of re-employment and retraining for Sir Peter Kemp.
The Prime Minister : I am satisfied that all practicable alternative posts for Sir Peter Kemp were considered before he was asked to take early retirement from the civil service.
Civil Servants
Mr. Mackinlay : To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to his answer of 23 October, Official Report, column 388, which posts of permanent secretary have been filled by promotion or transfer since the beginning of 1992 ; and if he will give the dates in each case.
The Prime Minister : Since January 1992 the following permanent secretary appointments have been made on promotion or transfer :
Name |Department |Date ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ G. A. Hart |Health |2 February Sir C. W. France |Defence |28 February W. P. McLennan |Central Statistical Office|2 March G. H. Phillips |National Heritage |21 April Mrs. B. J. L. Mills |Crown Prosecution |21 April QC | Service R. T. J. Wilson |Environment |3 June R. C. Mottram |Public Service and Science|17 August G. A. Hosker |Treasury Solicitor's |19 October
Libya
Mr. Dalyell : To ask the Prime Minister if he will set out the current position in respect to United Nations sanctions against Libya.
The Prime Minister : The United Nations Security Council reviewed the sanctions against Libya on 12 August and agreed that there was no justification for lifting them. Sanctions will be lifted only when Libya has complied with UN Security Council resolutions 731 and 748.
European Community
Mr. Cryer : To ask the Prime Minister what is the number of civil servants in his office whose main task is work related or mainly to the European Community.
The Prime Minister : None of my staff's time is wholly related to work on the European Community, but a number spend significant amounts of time on work related to the European Community.
Windsor Great Park
Mr. Gordon Prentice : To ask the Prime Minister if the Crown Estate will make it its policy to halt the continued felling of the 17th century tree avenue in Windsor great park.
The Prime Minister : The Crown Estate Commissioners consulted English Nature before taking the decision to clear fell, remove and replant Queen Anne's Ride in Windsor great park with 1,000 oak saplings.
Mr. Gordon Prentice : To ask the Prime Minister if Her Majesty's Government will bring forward legislation to amend the Crown Estate Act 1961 so as to vest responsibility for Windsor great park with the Department of the Environment.
Forestry
Mr. Meacher : To ask the Prime Minister if he is satisfied with co- ordination of Government policy on forestry and deforestation ; and if he will make a statement.
The Prime Minister : I am satisfied that the arrangements for the co -ordination of Government policy on forestry and deforestation are working well.
In addition to the normal day-to-day contacts between Departments, an interdepartmental steering group for forestry was set up in 1990. This keeps under review the development and implementation of forestry and related environmental policies in Great Britain to ensure that they remain complementary.
The interdepartmental working group on forestry issues relating to the UN Conference on Environment and Development which was established in the run- up to the Rio summit is being continued. This will ensure that our post-Rio policies relating to forests, including deforestation, are effectively integrated.
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Maastricht Treaty
Mr. Winnick : To ask the Prime Minister what communications have been received from the Danish authorities in the last week regarding the Maastricht treaty.
The Prime Minister : The Danish proposals on the Maastricht treaty were approved by the Folketing market committee on 30 October and were transmitted to me, as President of the European Council, later that day. A copy of the proposals is available in the Library.
Castle Vale Housing Action Trust
Mr. Corbett : To ask the Prime Minister if he will hold a meeting with Mrs. Carole Rafferty, Mr. Kim Rose and Mr. Sydney Gettings of the Castle Vale community action team, Birmingham, concerning the proposed Castle Vale housing action trust.
The Prime Minister : My hon. Friend the Minister for Housing and Planning met tenants from the Castle Vale estate earlier this year to discuss the proposal for a housing action trust. He expects to do so again when the assessment of feasibility work on the proposal is complete.
Colombian Coal
Mr. Mackinlay : To ask the Prime Minister what policy the Government have adopted towards the complaint made by British Coal to the European Commission, on the basis of the Commission's anti-dumping rules, about the importation of Colombian coal into the United Kingdom.
Mr. Madden : To ask the Prime Minister what action he has taken to expedite an investigation by the European Commission into complaints by British Coal that supplies of Colombian coal to the United Kingdom constitute dumping ; when inquiries into the complaint were undertaken ; when the inquiry into the complaint will be complete and made public ; and if he will make a statement.
The Prime Minister [holding answer 29 October 1992] : British Coal's anti-dumping complaint to the European Commission against imports of coal from Colombia, the United States and China is a matter for the Commission to consider. The Government look to the Commission to take seriously its responsibilities in this area and therefore to consider British Coal's complaint carefully. I understand that the Commission has not yet taken a decision on whether to open an investigation.
Mr. O'Neill : To ask the Prime Minister what undertakings have been given to the Colombian Government by the British Government on British Coal's anti-dumping petition currently before the European Commission.
The Prime Minister [holding answer 30 October 1992] : None.
Mr. Madden : To ask the Prime Minister on what dates he had meetings with representatives of the Government of Colombia at which the sale and supply of Colombian coal to the United Kingdom was discussed ; and if he will make a statement.
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The Prime Minister [holding answer 29 October 1992] : I have nothing further to add to the answer that I gave to the hon. Member for Clackmannan (Mr. O'Neill) earlier today.
Mr. Mackinlay : To ask the Prime Minister if he discussed the importation of Colombian coal during his last visit to that country.
The Prime Minister [holding answer 29 October 1992] : I have nothing further to add to the answer that I gave to the hon. Member for Clackmannan (Mr. O'Neill) earlier today.
Mr. Fatchett : To ask the Prime Minister what discussions he had in June with the President of Colombia, Cesar Gaviria, on the market for Colombian coal in the United Kingdom ; and if he will make a statement.
The Prime Minister [holding answer 29 October 1992] : I have nothing further to add to the answer that I gave to the hon. Member for Clackmannan (Mr. O'Neill) earlier today.
TRADE AND INDUSTRY
Explosives
Mr. Llew Smith : To ask the President of the Board of Trade what guidelines his Department has issued to the Health and Safety Executive on its issuing of import licences for explosives.
Mr. Needham : Under the Explosives Act 1875 and related legislation, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is responsible for issuing import licences for explosives. My Department has no locus in the matter and has issued no guidance to the HSE.
Nuclear Energy
Mr. Llew Smith : To ask the President of the Board of Trade what were the main proposals put forward by Her Majesty's permanent representative to the International
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Atomic Energy Agency at the agency's 1992 annual general conference ; and if he will make a statement on decisions taken at the conference that will affect the United Kingdom nuclear industry and Her Majesty's Government's present nuclear policy.Mr. Eggar : As leader of the United Kingdom delegation, I called for action to improve safety in eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. On behalf of the European Community and its member states, I also called for further measures to strengthen nuclear safeguards, and congratulated the IAEA on the important contribution it has made to international efforts to uncover and render harmless Iraq's weapons of mass destruction. I have placed a copy of my speech in the Library of the House of Commons.
ECGD
Mr. Redmond : To ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will list, for the last 12 months, the titles of papers published by the Export Credits Guarantee Department.
Mr. Needham : During the last 12 months, ECGD has presented its trading accounts for 1990-91 to Parliament. In addition, ECGD has also submitted various explanatory memoranda to Parliament concerning international developments in relation to the OECD consensus on export credits and EC issues. These documents have been placed in the Library.
Rough Diamond Trade
Mr. Redmond : To ask the President of the Board of Trade what is the current published rough diamond trade worth in the United Kingdom ; what were the comparative figures for other European Community countries ; and if he will show these figures as a plus or minus percentage to the United Kingdom figure.
Mr. Needham : The information is in the table :
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|c|EC Trade in rough diamonds<1> in 1991|c|
Value in millionas percentage of
£s UK figure:
|Imports|Exports|Imports|Exports
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United Kingdom |397.62 |4.04 |- |-
France |1.32 |0.56 |-99.67 |-86.15
Belgium/Luxembourg |526.16 |1.38 |32.33 |-65.76
Netherlands |0.14 |0.07 |-99.97 |-98.25
Federal Republic of Germany |0.00 |0.02 |-100.00|-99.60
Italy |0.04 |0.11 |-99.99 |-97.29
Ireland |0.07 |0.00 |-99.98 |-100.00
Denmark |0.07 |0.01 |-99.98 |-99.79
Greece |0.00 |0.00 |-100.00|-100.00
Portugal |0.12 |0.00 |-99.97 |-100.00
Spain |0.01 |0.00 |-100.00|-100.00
<1>UK tariff code 71021000: ie Diamonds rough, unsorted.
Source: EUROSTAT.
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Tropical Timber
Mr. Dafis : To ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will make it his policy during the United Kingdom's presidency of the EC to encourage a Community-wide moratorium on the import of raw logs from the Sarawak region of Malaysia.
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Mr. Needham : No. Import restrictions would rob forests of their value and serve only to speed up the rate of deforestation to free land for alternative uses. Our efforts are best directed at persuading all tropical timber-producing countries to manage their forests on a sustainable basis. The Government of Malaysia have re-affirmed their commitment to the International Tropical Timber Organisation to reduce significantly the amount of timber extracted from Sarawak and to work towards the objective of exporting timber only from sustainably managed forests by the year 2000.
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Import Statistics
Mr. Garnier : To ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will give details of the total United Kingdom imports by value of all manufactured goods from (a) the United States of America, (b) China, (c) Hong Kong and (d) Taiwan for each of the last five years, split between textiles, clothing and other.
Mr. Needham : The figures requested are as follows :
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|c|United Kingdom imports-£ million|c|
From |Textiles SITC |Clothing SITC |Other manufactured|Manufactured goods
|division 65 |division 84 |goods |sections 5-8
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United States of America |1987 |131.6 |22.0 |7,654.1
1988 |162.0 |30.6 |9,096.5 |9,289.1
1989 |189.7 |38.7 |11,633.0 |11,861.4
1990 |193.1 |58.8 |12,392.9 |12,644.8
1991 |203.2 |65.0 |11,709.6 |11,977.8
China |1987 |60.7 |42.1 |167.5
1988 |55.4 |49.0 |202.0 |306.4
1989 |57.9 |51.7 |275.7 |385.3
1990 |60.1 |64.5 |360.7 |485.3
1991 |72.6 |106.5 |445.6 |624.7
Hong Kong |1987 |76.2 |556.8 |869.6
1988 |70.0 |656.3 |1,023.2 |1,749.5
1989 |63.0 |709.3 |1,212.5 |1,984.8
1990 |57.4 |693.3 |1,181.2 |1,931.9
1991 |50.4 |785.5 |1,271.5 |2,107.4
Taiwan |1987 |29.2 |81.3 |878.2
1988 |29.0 |81.4 |1,022.6 |1,133.0
1989 |36.2 |90.5 |1,206.8 |1,333.5
1990 |40.4 |70.4 |1,081.9 |1,192.7
1991 |36.0 |93.3 |1,120.5 |1,249.8
Source: Business Monitor MA20, Overseas Trade Statistics of the United Kingdom.
Coal Industry
Mr. Stevenson : To ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will give the production levels of (a) Trentham colliery complex and (b) the seven pits in the Selby area, for the last full year.
Mr. Eggar : This is an operational matter for British Coal.
Refrigerators
Mr. Chris Smith : To ask the President of the Board of Trade how many domestic fridges were imported from Germany, in each year since 1988 ; and what was their total value in each of these years.
Mr. Needham : The information is given in the table :
T
|c|UK Imports of Domestic Refrigerators from Germany, 1988-91<1>|c|
|'000 units |Value in (£ million)
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1988 |102 |13.6
1989 |137 |14.6
1990 |124 |18.2
1991 |111 |17.1
<1> Includes one-door refrigerators and 2-door fridge freezers. Germany includes
the former DDR.
Source: Association of Manufacturers of Domestic Electrical Appliances (AMDEA).
Mr. Chris Smith : To ask the President of the Board of Trade how many British made domestic fridges were exported in each year since 1988 ; and how many fridges currently sold in the United Kingdom are imported from other countries.
Mr. Needham : The country of manufacture of refrigerators exported from, or sold in, the United Kingdom is not collected. Import and export information is given in the table :
|c|United Kingdom Trade in
Domestic Refrigerators<1>,
1988-1991 ('000|c|
|c|units)|c|
|Exports|Imports
--------------------------------
1988 |115 |916
1989 |113 |910
1990 |150 |847
1991 |147 |736
<1> Includes one-door
refrigerators and two-door
fridge-freezers.
Source: Association of
Manufacturers of Domestic
Electrical Appliances (
AMDEA).
Textiles
Mrs. Mahon : To ask the President of the Board of Trade what representations he has received about extension of the European Community discipline on state subsidies to synthetic fibre production ; and if he will make a statement.
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Mr. Needham : United Kingdom industry has told me that it hopes to see the synthetic fibres discipline renewed and strengthened. My Department has told the Commission--which has sole responsibility for decisions in this area--that the British Government strongly support this objective.
Animal Testing (Cosmetics)
Mrs. Anne Campbell : To ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will support proposals being put forward to the Council of Ministers to end the use of animals for the testing of cosmetics products and ingredients.
Mr. Leigh : The Government's policy in the negotiations on the proposed sixth Council amendment to the cosmetics directive is to keep animal testing to a minimum consistent with human safety. We will continue to press for reduction in animal testing and we hope that during our presidency member states will agree to the phasing out of testing on animals as soon as they can be replaced with suitably validated alternatives.
Auditing Practices Board
Mr. Austin Mitchell : To ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will publish details of the oral and written comments made by his representative on the Auditing Practices Board in relation to the going concern exposure draft.
Mr. Neil Hamilton : My Department's representative on the Auditing Practices Board participates in its debates, but no verbatim record is kept and as a non-voting member he does not take a position when the board reaches its decisions. I have placed in the Library a copy of my Department's response to the board's exposure draft on going concern.
Mr. Austin Mitchell : To ask the President of the Board of Trade what priorities he has suggested to the Auditing Practices Board.
Mr. Neil Hamilton : My right hon. Friend has not suggested priorities to the Auditing Practices Board, but in October last year my Department's representative responded to a general invitation to board members to identify topics for early attention. Those suggested on behalf of the Department included illegal acts, going concern, the role and function of the audit, the auditing of computer-based systems, the relationship between international and United Kingdom auditing standards and guidance, and a programme for revising the existing body of guidance, including the conversion of guidelines to standards.
Company Accounts
Mr. Austin Mitchell : To ask the President of the Board of Trade how many company accounts he has referred to the financial reporting review panel.
Small Firm Bankruptcies
Mr. Welsh : To ask the President of the Board of Trade when he next plans to meet the Federation of Small Businesses to discuss the number of small firm bankruptcies in 1991 ; and what are the numbers involved.
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Mr. Leigh : I have no plans to meet the Federation of Small Businesses. Baroness Denton, in her capacity as Minister for Small Firms, has frequent meetings with the federation and all the major small firms organisations to discuss a range of issues.
There were 47,467 insolvencies in England and Wales in 1991.
Post Office
Mr. Cousins : To ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will list the external advisers on the future of Post Office services ; and what is the estimated expenditure on the provision of such advice in the current year.
Mr. Leigh : Kleinwort Benson and KPMG Peat Marwick have been appointed to advise the Government on the Post Office review. Price Waterhouse has been appointed to advise the Government on the method and timing of the sale of Parcelforce. A total of £500,000 has so far been allocated to this work from within class IV vote 2, subhead A4 (other services) of Supply Estimates 1992-93.
Mr. Cousins : To ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will place in the Library the Kleinwort Benson report on the future of postal services.
Mr. Leigh : Any reports produced by the Government's advisers on the Post Office are internal Government documents. I do not intend, therefore, to place such documents in the Library.
Bank of Credit and Commerce International
Mr. Vaz : To ask the President of the Board of Trade how many times his officials have met the liquidators of BCCI, with the dates and the purposes of the meetings.
Mr. Neil Hamilton : My officials met one or more of the joint liquidators of BCCI on 26 March, 19 May, and 23 July 1992. On each occasion the holding of a meeting of creditors, pursuant to section 141 of the Insolvency Act 1986, was discussed. At the 23 July meeting the exercise by the joint liquidators of their powers under schedule 4, part I and II of the Insolvency Act was also discussed.
Atomic Energy Authority
Mr. Bill Walker : To ask the President of the Board of Trade what financial target and capital expenditure limit has been set for the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority for 1992-93.
Mr. Eggar : The United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority's financial target for 1992-93 has been set as an 11 per cent. return on net assets on a current cost basis--before long-term interest payable and extraordinary items--subject to the outcome of a revaluation of the AEA's assets. I have also approved the AEA's capital expenditure programme for the year at £27.3 million.
Serbia and Montenegro
Mr. Meacher : To ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will set out the level of trade, both exports and imports, with Serbia and Montenegro for each month in the current year by each main category of commodities.
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Sir John Cope : I have been asked to reply. Trade with Serbia and Montenegro has been identified separately from that with the other former Yugoslav republics since 1 July 1992.
The figures for the subsequent months are recorded as follows :
|Imports|Exports
|£ |£
----------------------------------
July |215,783|Nil
August |206,938|33,477
September |Nil |45,379
A further breakdown by commodity cannot be published at this time as this would identify individual consignments. Both imports and exports for Serbia and Montenegro require licences and the goods permitted to be exported are strictly for medical purposes, foodstuffs and humanitarian aid.
GATT
Mr. Spearing : To ask the President of the Board of Trade what reports have been received by the Industry Council of the European Community from its Commission concerning its negotiating activities as representing the Community in the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ; what consultations the Commission has had with the Council on these matters ; and what was the last date when it provided the Commission with a negotiating mandate.
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Mr. Needham [holding answer 29 October 1992] : The Foreign Affairs Council is the forum in which Community Trade Ministers discuss external trade issues. The Commission reports regularly to the Council on progress in the GATT negotiations, and last did so on 6 October. The most recent guidance given to the Commission was at the European Council in Birmingham on 16 October, on which my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister reported to the House on 20 October, Official Report, column 319.
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